Steam On Linux Use Hit A Recent High Of 2.69% During May
www.phoronix.com

Up to 2.7% in May 2025 from 1.5% in May 2023. Almost x2 in 2 years is very impressive.

  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It just goes to show you. The only way to get the Linux desktop market share up is not building. Something better than Windows we have been there for a while. It’s make hardware, put Linux on that hardware and sell it in a store. Avg people don’t change operating systems. They change computers. Now if we could just get steam decks in retail stores. It would be a huge.

    • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
      1·
      10 months ago

      Exactly. Linux will never become the majority OS as long as it’s not the default OS on retail PCs.

    • bimbimboy@lemmy.world
      1·
      10 months ago

      Avg people don’t change operating systems

      This is a huge argument, even Linus Torvalds said that many years ago. The average person just wants to buy a computer and use it normally for work, casual stuff or gaming. They won’t make the effort to change the operating system.

      Now if we could just get steam decks in retail stores

      We can also get the Steam OS on different hardwares, just like the Lenovo Legion Go S

      • graphene@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        There is a non-insignificant amount of people who just throw away their computer when something gets messed up because they don’t know how to reinstall windows. Not only do average people not know how to install an operating system, they don’t even know how to learn. Many people have help, techie friends and family, but many don’t, and they can sadly only be helped at scale.